Unintentionality of affective attention across visual processing stages
Affective attention involves bottom-up perceptual selection that prioritizes motivationally significant stimuli. To clarify the extent to which this process is automatic, we investigated the dependence of affective attention on the intention to process emotional meaning. Affective attention was mani...
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| author | Andero eUusberg Helen eUibo Kairi eKreegipuu Maria eTamm Aire eRaidvee Jüri eAllik Jüri eAllik |
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| description | Affective attention involves bottom-up perceptual selection that prioritizes motivationally significant stimuli. To clarify the extent to which this process is automatic, we investigated the dependence of affective attention on the intention to process emotional meaning. Affective attention was manipulated by presenting IAPS images with variable arousal and intentionality by requiring participants to make affective and non-affective evaluations. Polytomous rather than binary decisions were required from the participants in order to elicit relatively deep emotional processing. The temporal dynamics of prioritized processing were assessed using Early Posterior Negativity (EPN, 175-300 ms) as well as P3-like (P3, 300 – 500 ms) and Slow Wave (SW, 500 – 1500 ms) portions of the Late Positive Potential. All analysed components were differentially sensitive to stimulus categories suggesting that they indeed reflect distinct stages of motivational significance encoding. The intention to perceive emotional meaning had no effect on EPN, an additive effect on P3, and an interactive effect on SW. We concluded that affective attention went from completely unintentional during the EPN to partially unintentional during P3 and SW where top-down signals, respectively, complemented and modulated bottom-up differences in stimulus prioritization. The findings were interpreted in light of two-stage models of visual perception by associating the EPN with large-capacity initial relevance detection and the P3 as well as SW with capacity-limited consolidation and elaboration of affective stimuli. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-05e15d65273f4150a680f11ba6f52a312022-12-21T23:29:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782013-12-01410.3389/fpsyg.2013.0096967535Unintentionality of affective attention across visual processing stagesAndero eUusberg0Helen eUibo1Kairi eKreegipuu2Maria eTamm3Aire eRaidvee4Jüri eAllik5Jüri eAllik6Institute of Psychology, University of TartuInstitute of Psychology, University of TartuInstitute of Psychology, University of TartuInstitute of Psychology, University of TartuInstitute of Psychology, University of TartuInstitute of Psychology, University of TartuEstonian Academy of SciencesAffective attention involves bottom-up perceptual selection that prioritizes motivationally significant stimuli. To clarify the extent to which this process is automatic, we investigated the dependence of affective attention on the intention to process emotional meaning. Affective attention was manipulated by presenting IAPS images with variable arousal and intentionality by requiring participants to make affective and non-affective evaluations. Polytomous rather than binary decisions were required from the participants in order to elicit relatively deep emotional processing. The temporal dynamics of prioritized processing were assessed using Early Posterior Negativity (EPN, 175-300 ms) as well as P3-like (P3, 300 – 500 ms) and Slow Wave (SW, 500 – 1500 ms) portions of the Late Positive Potential. All analysed components were differentially sensitive to stimulus categories suggesting that they indeed reflect distinct stages of motivational significance encoding. The intention to perceive emotional meaning had no effect on EPN, an additive effect on P3, and an interactive effect on SW. We concluded that affective attention went from completely unintentional during the EPN to partially unintentional during P3 and SW where top-down signals, respectively, complemented and modulated bottom-up differences in stimulus prioritization. The findings were interpreted in light of two-stage models of visual perception by associating the EPN with large-capacity initial relevance detection and the P3 as well as SW with capacity-limited consolidation and elaboration of affective stimuli.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00969/fullEPNIAPSLPPaffective attentionunintentionalityautomatic affective attention |
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| title | Unintentionality of affective attention across visual processing stages |
| title_full | Unintentionality of affective attention across visual processing stages |
| title_fullStr | Unintentionality of affective attention across visual processing stages |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unintentionality of affective attention across visual processing stages |
| title_short | Unintentionality of affective attention across visual processing stages |
| title_sort | unintentionality of affective attention across visual processing stages |
| topic | EPN IAPS LPP affective attention unintentionality automatic affective attention |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00969/full |
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